tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8326797405439146861..comments2024-03-28T06:00:06.670-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Things Learned While Looking Up Other Things: Gothic Edition (An Homage to Sydney J. Harris) By Julia BuckleyJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22855384475070143322018-07-06T00:35:59.059-04:002018-07-06T00:35:59.059-04:00Ahhhh, Vicky Bliss! I love those books. And everyt...Ahhhh, Vicky Bliss! I love those books. And everything else by Elizabeth/Barbara. I'm with you about Madam Will You Talk and Nine Coaches Waiting, Julia. Two favorites. Jane Aiken Hodge and Georgette Heyer never get old for me, either. Beverly Fontainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753100340758588722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57587670202265141822018-07-05T23:45:39.836-04:002018-07-05T23:45:39.836-04:00Yes, here it is. https://www.amazon.com/Ammie-Come...Yes, here it is. https://www.amazon.com/Ammie-Come-Home-Barbara-Michaels/dp/0060745053Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35945116254188856032018-07-05T23:44:08.947-04:002018-07-05T23:44:08.947-04:00I remember my mom watching a horror movie called &...I remember my mom watching a horror movie called "Ammie, Come Home." I think she said it was based on a Barbara Michaels book.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51946464826827289232018-07-05T21:24:03.801-04:002018-07-05T21:24:03.801-04:00Gigi, thanks for the recommendation--I am going to...Gigi, thanks for the recommendation--I am going to need a second job to pay for my habit--er, my books!Flora Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289148096894506235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68876344802783175632018-07-05T20:44:26.126-04:002018-07-05T20:44:26.126-04:00Yes, check it out. Both Hank & Deborah mention...Yes, check it out. Both Hank & Deborah mention it too. Sue Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379872652532739853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68813410894455550782018-07-05T20:43:58.366-04:002018-07-05T20:43:58.366-04:00Barbara Mertz, writing as Elizabeth Peters, before...Barbara Mertz, writing as Elizabeth Peters, before she turned to the Amelia Peabody mystery series, wrote some very good gothics - "The Jackal's Head", "The Camelot Caper", etc. Her books written as Barbara Michaels could also be classed as gothics, with a strong supernatural element. And one of the best gothics I ever read is by Katherine Wigmore Eyre: "The Lute and the Glove". Published in 1955, it's worth seeking out. met314https://www.blogger.com/profile/12492780722297846126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84651601677698638242018-07-05T20:25:13.446-04:002018-07-05T20:25:13.446-04:00What a great story! I loved the Merlin trilogy! I ...What a great story! I loved the Merlin trilogy! I still remember being amazed by a scene in which Merlin describes not the birth, but the CONCEPTION of Arthur, after an affair he himself has helped to arrange. And he sees some sort of amazing shooting star in the sky and knows that Arthur will be a reality.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19408210347104186852018-07-05T20:23:01.490-04:002018-07-05T20:23:01.490-04:00I had not heard of this book--I will check it out!...I had not heard of this book--I will check it out!!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52706477055245285172018-07-05T20:22:36.310-04:002018-07-05T20:22:36.310-04:00You would probably love JANE EYRE.You would probably love JANE EYRE.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-80177534608980041832018-07-05T20:22:10.921-04:002018-07-05T20:22:10.921-04:00I agree that Stewart was the best.I agree that Stewart was the best.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23826548855032115272018-07-05T20:21:43.329-04:002018-07-05T20:21:43.329-04:00Kathy, I exist under the radar. :) Thanks for chec...Kathy, I exist under the radar. :) Thanks for checking it out!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45528897660918952402018-07-05T20:21:10.185-04:002018-07-05T20:21:10.185-04:00She might have been the most Gothic of them all. S...She might have been the most Gothic of them all. So many castles and estates, and so much wonderful intrigue. As I recall, she could write pages and pages of dialogue without any tags.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-83586330408349873102018-07-05T20:20:23.011-04:002018-07-05T20:20:23.011-04:00No, but the Gothic tradition seems to have descend...No, but the Gothic tradition seems to have descended from one book--Horace Walpole's THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-1759641474918447812018-07-05T20:19:14.702-04:002018-07-05T20:19:14.702-04:00Yes, and somehow she didn't seem to get the at...Yes, and somehow she didn't seem to get the attention she deserved.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53376273064199953702018-07-05T19:56:26.843-04:002018-07-05T19:56:26.843-04:00Besides the Brontes, I have read very few of the b...Besides the Brontes, I have read very few of the books here cited. I guess I did read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. However, I did read The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart, when I was an adult. (In junior high school, before I was really old enough to know what a "bastard" was, I played Mordred in our school's production of Camelot.)<br />Like the universe, the internet is a dark and wonderful thing. When I find something new that I am convinced the world should know about, I post it on my Facebook feed. Sometimes, a few of my friends will read them and let me know with a "like". But the great reward is when Facebook reminds me of these posts from year to year, and I have no recollection of them at all. It's like reading them all for the first time.<br />Before the internet, I did not do too much researching. I was a poor student. However, on the track of an old family legend, I sought to find an image of a Daily News front page, which supposedly had a picture of my mother on the front page. The public libraries in New York City had the New York Times on microfilm but not the Daily News. Then I learned that the New York Times itself had microfilm rolls of all the Daily News pages. So this would have been in the mid-70s and I was off to the Times. First I had to find the context of the incident in these large volumes that were the precursor to something like Lexis Nexis. Then I looked at the microfilm of the Times to find the exact date for the story. I had been wrong on the date by about a year. Then I found the image and satisfied my curiosity. One unexpected thing I found on perhaps page 6 of the News was a picture of Ronald Reagan selling Van Heusen dress shirts.David Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144607647071920674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54716107126180045182018-07-05T18:31:51.013-04:002018-07-05T18:31:51.013-04:00I loved and read every book by Ngaio Marsh as well...I loved and read every book by Ngaio Marsh as well as all of those by Phyllis Whitney, Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt, and especially Daphne DuMaurier. I too am in the middle of reading Ruth Ware’s The Death of Mrs. Westaway. From the first lines about the magpies & even the red fox, it has such a sense of familiarity. I didn’t realize until I read your discussion today that maybe it’s because I was “coming home” to this wonderful company of female Gothic writers. Thank you so much.Sue Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14379872652532739853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10405237084951648482018-07-05T17:43:24.963-04:002018-07-05T17:43:24.963-04:00I read most of those mentioned except the Brontes....I read most of those mentioned except the Brontes. Mary Stewart was my favorite, maybe because her heroines were more independent. My parents and I read a lot of historical fiction including Jean Plaidy. Schools should teach history more like The Crown, The Tudors or The Borgias. History is like one big soap opera at times! Sally from PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649707016754971847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4277066365229044622018-07-05T16:55:59.956-04:002018-07-05T16:55:59.956-04:00Yes,this right here. I was not a big Gothis fan bu...Yes,this right here. I was not a big Gothis fan but loved Mary Stewart and especially loved the 3 set in Greece. This Rough Magic has been a permanent part of my collection for more decades than I'm admitting. When we went to Delphi a few years ago, I re-read My Brother Michael. WoW! and I made my husband read it too. He didn't want to but he was wowed after awhile too. BTW loved this post and look forward to reading your books.Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78224742895682038382018-07-05T16:46:30.272-04:002018-07-05T16:46:30.272-04:00Thanks!
I was not interested in The Clan of the C...Thanks!<br /><br />I was not interested in The Clan of the Cave Bear until recently. Just discovered Georgette Heyer, though I read Barbara Cartland novels. <br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50651219638543650312018-07-05T15:37:35.168-04:002018-07-05T15:37:35.168-04:00Flora, for a book with a heroine after your own he...Flora, for a book with a heroine after your own heart, check out Susan Elizabeth Phillips' book, "Heroes Are My Weakness." Fun romantic suspense with ironic Gothic overtones.Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4572621189333708502018-07-05T14:26:53.472-04:002018-07-05T14:26:53.472-04:00Good to know, thanks!Good to know, thanks!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33938645357114177202018-07-05T14:21:35.300-04:002018-07-05T14:21:35.300-04:00I am out in the country visiting my dad, who just ...I am out in the country visiting my dad, who just moved to a very lovely retirement community, so I'll be offline for a few hours, but will check back in later. Thanks for all these great comments!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01094336744055654816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16221265939381265112018-07-05T13:47:15.409-04:002018-07-05T13:47:15.409-04:00Elsie Lee's gothics were wonderful, easily as ...Elsie Lee's gothics were wonderful, easily as good as those by Holt and Whitney(for me, Stewart was the best pure writer of gothics). Lee(apa Elsie Cromwell) deserved more recognition than she got, as I believe only a very few of her later books were first published as hardbacks and that was at about the time she turned to writing some excellent Regencies at the end of her career. And Anne McCaffrey's romantic suspense is very good too. met314https://www.blogger.com/profile/12492780722297846126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69362253980557706842018-07-05T13:36:19.570-04:002018-07-05T13:36:19.570-04:00The title by Mary Stewart, "The Castle of Dan...The title by Mary Stewart, "The Castle of Danger", is apparently a YA version of "Nine Coaches Waiting", including reading comprehension questions. met314https://www.blogger.com/profile/12492780722297846126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49264642494023809332018-07-05T13:29:43.441-04:002018-07-05T13:29:43.441-04:00Also cut my adult reading teeth on Stewart, Holt a...Also cut my adult reading teeth on Stewart, Holt and Whitney (and did recently reread a few of the Stewarts that have been rendered into ebook format. I still have practically shredded paperback copies of those by Elsie Lee (whose work, regretfully, has yet to be introduced to ebook sales) and the romantic suspense/Gothic efforts of Anne McCaffrey (The Kilternan Legacy is a special favorite.)Cyranettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913843170958157943noreply@blogger.com